World Food Programme
WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.
Are you interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join a global organization investing in its people?
If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you!!! Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.
About Wfp
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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WHY JOIN WFP?
- WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
- WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
- WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
- A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
- We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
Background And Purpose Of The Assignment
This position is based in Cairo, Egypt and reports directly to the Regional Director of the Regional Bureau in Cairo.
The position will provide direct and substantive support to WFP’s Regional Director RBC, across a broad range of activities. The role will facilitate smooth operations for the Regional Director’s daily work, strategic projects, and travel, overseeing multiple functions of the management front office. The role will also provide coordination support to the donor relations and reporting team, as well as liaison for programme units as needed.
Specifically, The Following
- Provide a strategic and advisory function to the Regional Director, specifically focused on the coordination of inputs and management of the front office, as well as addressing operational matters
- Operational coordination and management of high-level activities
- Collaboration with HQ, COs and other RBs
- Maintain and strengthen relationships with UN counterparts
- Support urgent operational needs in a corporate attention emergency for emergency scale up (Palestine) and corporate attention (Lebanon, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen).
- High degree of independency requested
Accountabilities/Responsibilities
- Coordinate and oversee the planning of activities for the Regional Director as required and assist in the daily operations to reach operational objectives.
- Respond to, review, or draft as appropriate, management reports and correspondence documents and bring matters that need decisions to their attention.
- Ensure internal communication to staff from the Regional Director is disseminated thoroughly and consistently in coordination with other colleagues as necessary, using socio- political insights to support WFP’s effective positioning.
- Support senior-level stakeholder management for the Regional Director for both external stakeholders (governments, UN, other partners) and internal stakeholders (Country Directors, HQ functional directors, RBC Deputy Regional Directors and Heads of Units) by preparing high quality strategic background documents, talking points, and briefs for the Regional Director to ensure RD has all the information required for all meetings and engagements.
- Make decisions and strategize on key action items to be brought up to the Regional Director based on a strong understanding and awareness of the dynamic organizational context.
- Attend interagency, governmental and internal meetings with the Regional Director as required, ensuring accurate notetaking and coordinate follow up actions as required.
- Ensure that requests, feedback and concerns from staff in matters related to the Regional Director are dealt with in a professional, confidential and appropriate manner.
- Provide capacity building, support and guidance to Regional Director’s front office staff as required to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance.
- Actively liaise with relevant stakeholders in the RB, COs and HQ on issues, priorities and decisions that requires Regional Director direct attention.
- Help facilitating strong relationships with counterparts in other UN and (I)NGO agencies, to ensure smooth and strong relations, strategic information sharing, and coordination of meetings and joint missions if necessary on behalf of the Regional Director
- Organize travel with RD and accompany her, when necessary. Coordinate the follow up actions from the missions. Support Executive Director missions in the region.
- Ensure that confidentiality on all subject matters is maintained as required.
- Perform other related duties and assignments as and when required by the Regional Director
Qualifications & Experience Required
Education: Advanced University degree in Political Science, Economics, Statistics, Information Management or Journalism, Business Management, Social Sciences or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience: Minimum of (5) years or more of postgraduate professional experience in a relevant field of work, with a background and interest in international humanitarian development. Experience in a similar Special Assistant role in a similar international context, with direct exposure to the most senior layers in the organization is preferred.
Knowledge & Skills
- Demonstrated seasoned understanding of the Middle East socio-political context.
- Strong strategic and analytical skills with the ability to analyse and interpret information and develop talking points and key messages.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate insights to stakeholders in WFP.
- Knowledge of common business principals and processes and the ability to quickly assimilate UN/WFP specific processes and systems.
- Strong Project Coordination skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment and under pressure with tight deadlines.
- Capacity to build and maintain relationships and negotiate to achieve objectives
Languages: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic (highly desirable), Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese.
Terms & Conditions
Type of Contract: Limited Fixed Term P3
Unit/Division: Regional Bureau Cairo, Management
Duty Station: Cairo, Egypt
Duration: 12 months
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
WFP is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our recruitment process is inclusively crafted to welcome candidates of all backgrounds, celebrating diversity and ensuring a respectful environment for all. We aim for an accessible and fair recruitment journey. Should you need any reasonable accommodations or have accessibility concerns, please reach out to us confidentially at [email protected]. Our DEI team is here to ensure your full participation in our recruitment process.
NO FEE DISCLAIMER
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
- We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
- Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
- Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
- Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
- Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
- Please contact us at [email protected] in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
- Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
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